Motion-picture apparatus.



L. ARKIN & S. ADELMAN.

MOTION PICTURE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8. I917.

Patented May 8, 1917.

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LOUIS ARKIN AND SAMUEL ADELMAN, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOTION-PICTURE APPARATUS.

Application filed January 8, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS ARKIN and SAMUEL ADELMAN, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Boston, in the county of Suffolk andState of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inMotion-Picture Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

-This invention relates to motion picture apparatus, and its object isto provide apparatus of this general character which can be veryeconomically manufactured adapting it for use as a toy, advertisingdevice, or the like. A further object of the invention is to provideapparatus of the kind specified which can be sold in knock-down andunassembled condition in a flat package suitable for mailing, and ofsuch simple construction that it can readily be set up and assembled bypersons without mechanical skill and even by children.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate an embodiment of theinvention,-

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof;

Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the box or casing showingopposite sides thereof;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank of which the casing is made;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the rotor with a picture securedthereto;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the picture holding member;

Fig. 8 is a similar pictures;

Fig. 9 is a similar view of a drum head; and

Fig. 10 is a similar view of a fastener.

The box of easing A is made of any suitable inexpensive material,preferably cardboard, strawboard, or the like, and is formed from ablank of the shape and contour shown in Fig. 5, adapted to be folded asindicated in said figure. The said blank is provided with a tab orpicture retarder A adapted to project into the box in the path of thepictures (Fig.- 1) and with apertures 1, 2, 3, 4.. When the blank isfolded to form the casing, the apertures 1 and 3 and 2 and 4 registerand the box is opened at its top and front providing a sight aperture.

When the blank has been folded into the view of one of the Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Serial No. 141,131.

The said drum or rotor consists of the picture holding member or strip Omade of cardboard or other suitable material, having uniformly disposedpicture holding slots 0 and mounted on the pair of metal drum heads D.Each of said drum heads is provided with projecting tabs or fasteners d,cut or split as shown, (Fig. 9), adapted to pass through the slots 0 inthe strip C and thereafter to be bent and turned over in oppositedirection removably to secure the strip and heads as clearly shown inFig. 6.

E are the pictures provided as best shown in Fig. 8 with an integrallocking tab E having a relatively long toe portion 0, pointed at itslower end, and a relatively shorter heel portion e cut away at itsbottom.

In securing the pictures to the holding member or strip C, the lockingtab E is held at an angle to the strip, and the toe portion 6 of the tabinserted its entire length into a slot 0 The picture is then swungupright so that the entire tab enters the slot 0 and is then slid in thedirection of the heel portion e, i. 6., toward the right as viewed inFig. 6, until said heel portion passes beyond the edge of the slot 0whereupon the tab with its picture is securely locked in position asclearly shown in said Fig. 6.

When the drum has been assembled and the series of pictures mountedthereon in the manner just described, it is placed within the box orcasing A with the slot apertures d of the drum heads D in register withthe slot apertures b of the'fasteners B. A spindle F having a flattenedportion 7 and a crank F is then passed through the apertures I) of thefasteners B and the slots 0 of the drum heads, the flattened portion fof the spindle fitting within the slot d of one of the drum heads. Thespindle is thus detachably secured to said drum and j ournaled in thefastenersB.

It will be clear that the apparatus having been thus assembled as shownin Fig. 1, rotation of the crank F will rotate the drum with its seriesof pictures at the speed to produce the desired result, said picturesbeing viewed through the sight aperture formed by the open front and topof the casing and the necessary retardation of the individual picturesbeing provided by the inwardly projectin tab or retarder A.

A new series 0 pictures can readily be substituted either by removingand replacing the individual pictures or by the substitution of a newpicture strip C, upon which the series of pictures has been mounted. Theapparatus can be very economically manufactured and consequently sold ata price which permits its use as a toy, advertising medium or the like.Its parts are simple and can be readily assembled by anyone, and it canbe safely mailed or otherwise transported in an envelop or other flatpackage, a great desideratum to its employment as an advertisement.

We claim:

1. In apparatus of the class described,

a knock-down casing having overlapping portions on opposite sidesthereof, a pair of fasteners adapted to pass through said overlappingportions, a rotor mounted in said fasteners and a series of picturesradially disposed on said rotor.

2. In apparatus of the class described, a knock-down casing havingoverlapping portions on opposite sides thereof, a pair of fastenersadapted to pass through said over- 0 lapping portions, a rotor, a seriesof pictures radially disposed on said rotor, and a spindle engaging saidrotor and journaled in said fasteners.

3. In apparatus of the class described, a

knock-down casing having overlapping portions on opposite sides thereof,a pair of fasteners adapted to pass through said over-' lappingportions, a rotor, a series of pictures radially disposed on said rotor,and a spindle detachably engaging said rotor and journaled in saidfasteners.

4. In apparatus of the class described, a knock-down casing havingoverlapping portions on opposite sides thereof, a pair of fastenersadapted to pass through said overlapping portions. a rotor having aslot, a series of pictures radially disposed on said rotor, a spindlehaving a flattened portion adaptedto fit within said slot, said spindle6 journaled in said fasteners.

5. In apparatus of the class described, a casing, and a rotor comprisinga pair of heads and a picture carrying member detachably securedthereto.

6. In apparatus of the class described, a

casing, and a rotor comprising a pair of heads having peripheralfasteners and a picture carrying member, said fasteners adapted toengage said member to secure said heads and member.

7. In apparatus of the class described, a casing, and a rotor comprisinga pair of heads having fasteners and a picture carrying member, saidfasteners adapted to engage said member detachably to secure said headsand member.

8. In apparatus of the class described, a casing, and a rotor comprisinga pair of heads having split metal tabs and a picture carrying strip,said tabs adapted to ass through said strip and thereafter to be ent tosecure said heads and strip.

9. In apparatus of the class described, a casing, and a rotor comprisinga pair of heads having split metal tabs and a picture 5 carrying striphaving slots, said tabs adapted to pass through said slots andthereafter to be bent to secure said heads and stri 10. In apparatus ofthe class described, a. casing, a rotor having slots, a series ofpietures radially disposed on said rotor, said pictures having tabslocked in said slots, said tabs having toe portions and heel portions,

the former relatively longer than the latter.

11. In apparatus of the class described, a casing, a rotor having slots,a series of pic- -tures radially disposed on said rotor, said pictureshaving tabs locked in said slots, and said tabs having pointed toeportions and cut away heel portions, the former relatively longer thanthe latter.

12. In apparatus of the class described, a knock-down, one piece casinghavin a sight aperture and a picture retarder, astening means for saidcasing, a rotor comprising a pair of heads and a slotted picturecarrying member, a series of pictures radiall disposed on said rotor andhaving tabs ocked in said slots and a spindle for said rotor mounted insaid casing.

13. In apparatus of the class described, a knock-down, one piece casinghaving a sight aperture and a picture retarder, a pair of fasteners forsaid casing, a rotor mounted in said fasteners and comprising a pair ofheads and a slotted picture carr in member, and a series of picturesradially isposed on said rotor having tabs locked in said slots.

14. In apparatus of the class described, a knock-down, one piece casinghaving a sight 180 aperture and a picture retarder, a pair of fastenersfor said casing, a rotor comprising a pair of heads and a slottedpicture carrying member removably secured thereto, a series of picturesradially dis osed on said 126 rotor having tabs removably ocked in saidslots, and a spindle journaled in said fasteners and engaging saidrotor.

15. In apparatus of the class described, a casing and a rotor comprisinga pair of 180 heads spaced apart, and a picture carrying member securedto said heads and retaining them in spaced relation.

16. In apparatus of the class described, a casing and a rotor comprisinga pair of heads spaced apart, and a picture carrying member detachablysecured to said heads and retaining them in spaced relation.

17. In apparatus of the class described, a casing, a rotor comprising apair of heads having peripheral fasteners, and a picture carryingmember, said fasteners adapted to engage said member to secure saidheads and member.

18. In apparatus of the-class described, a casing and a rotor comprisinga pair of heads and a picture carrying strip, said heads havingperipheral metal fasteners adapted to pass through said strip andthereafter to be bent to secure said heads and strip.

19. In apparatus of the class described, a casing, a rotor having slots,a series of pictures radially disposed on said rotor, said pictureshaving tabs extending through said slots and adapted to engage the underside of said rotor to lock said tabs in said slots.

20. In apparatus of the class described, a paper casing, a rotorcomprising a pair of heads spaced apart and a picture carrying member,each of said heads having an elonated slot, metal bearings in saidcasing havlng elongated slots registering With said slots in said heads,and a spindle journaled in said bearings having a flattened portionadapted to pass through said bearing slots and to fit Within one of saiddrum slots.

Signed by us at Boston, Massachusetts, this 4th day of January 1917.

LOUIS ARKIN. SAIWUEL ADELMAN.

